Bruce McKee plays taps in memory of fallen World War II soldiers during an event on April 19, 2013, at the 38th Division Armory in Indianapolis.

Written by

Joe Donnelly

"It is one thing to lose someone you love in the war. It is a whole other thing to lose them to the war."

- father of Jacob Sexton

Indiana National Guard Specialist Jacob Sexton, a 21-year-old from Farmland, Ind., committed suicide in 2009 while home on leave from Afghanistan. What caused him to take his life, like so many servicemembers who have committed suicide, remains a mystery. It is one our nation must dedicate itself to solving, so we can prevent these tragedies from cutting short the lives of promising men and women and devastating the families who love them. ...